The UK’s premier extreme metal antagonist, Cradle Of Filth, has revealed the track list and artwork for the band’s upcoming CD/DVD mini-album entitled, Evermore Darkly…. The follow-on from last year’s, Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, will hit stores in North America on October 18th through Nuclear Blast Records. Artwork comes courtesy of Natalie Shau, whom also contributed the cover art for Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa.  

Arkansas doomsayers RWAKE have posted another new track off their upcoming Rest full-length courtesy of Pitchfork. Check out “Was Only A Dream” HERE.    

This week, infamous East Coast grinders BRUTAL TRUTH have lashed out at the public with several devastating new anthems from their upcoming sixth full-length release, End Time, set for North American release via Relapse Records on September 27th.  

Alpha Flight is now an ongoing series, but can the team hold it together as a betrayal comes to blows? Join the conversation on Twitter with #AlphaFlight ALPHA FLIGHT #5 (AUG110634) Written by FRED VAN LENTE & GREG PAK Art by DALE EAGLESHAM Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN FOC – 9/19/11, ON-SALE – 10/12/11 ALPHA FLIGHT #6 (SEP110563) Written by FRED VAN LENTE & GREG PAK Art by DALE EAGLESHAM Cover by TOM GRUMMETT FOC – 10/31/11, ON-SALE – 11/23/11  

As previously announced, Australian funeral doom icons MOURNFUL CONGREGATION have signed with 20 Buck Spin for the North American release of two full-length releases. The first of the pair, a compilation of out-of-print tracks entitled The Unspoken Hymns, acts as a prologue for the band’s newly completed, monumental, brand new full-length album, The Book Of Kings.  

THROWDOWN will headline the first annual “BRAWLOWEEN,” a brand new tour event which will stretch across the West Coast with support from CARNIFEX, FIRST BLOOD and SUFFOKATE.  

Thrice has announced that they will be slowly streaming the full Major/Minor starting today for all fans! Available today, Sept. 7th, will be “Yellow Belly”, “Promises”, and newly added “Blinded”. Each weekday from now until the release, September 20th  

Five Finger Death Punch recently unveiled the artwork for their forthcoming studio album, American Capitalist. The album is the band’s third studio album and follow up to the hugely successful War is the Answer, which was released in 2009.  

Philadelphia’s resident rage-makers, Single Bullet Theory, have just entered their second decade of existence with a vengeance. Re-energized by a new lineup which consists of three of metal’s finest musicians, Single Bullet Theory founder/guitarist/vocalist Matt DiFabio has produced his most powerful effort to date in IV, a gargantuan slab of concrete that draws energy from many areas within metal’s wide spectrum.  

Mastodon has released a new viral video for the track, “Spectrelight”. Once again, Mastodon is proud to feature vocal assistance on this track from their dear friend, Scott Kelly of Neurosis who had this to say about this long-standing tradition:  

   Alt-metallers Allele have set September 27th as the street date for their latest slab of molten modern rock, Next To Parallel. The album is being released by Goomba Music and is currently available for pre-order  

Following the release of Evinta earlier this year, in which the band marked 20 years of existence with a release of symphonic compositions re-imagining past My Dying Bride themes, the UK doom legend now presents its latest chapter in the form of new EP, ‘The Barghest O’ Whitby,’ to be released November 7th through Peaceville Records on CD and limited vinyl.